Saab recently signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and received an order for four Gripen E/F fighter aircraft from FMV for the Kingdom of Thailand. The order value is about SEK 5.3 billion and deliveries will take place 2025-2030. The contract is for three Gripen E and one Gripen F aircraft, as well as associated equipment, support, and training.
Saab has also signed a contract with the Royal Thai Air Force to deliver a long-term offset package to Thailand as part of the fighter acquisition plan. This will include significant transfer of defence technology and industrial cooperation with Thailand, together with ‘new investments across many sectors of the national economy’.
Micael Johansson, Saab’s president and CEO, said: “We welcome Thailand as the latest customer for Gripen E/F. Thailand is already a well-established Gripen user and familiar with the strengths that Gripen brings to the Royal Thai Armed Forces. Thailand has chosen the most modern fighter on the market with which to build its next generation of strategic, independent capabilities.”
Headquartered in Sweden, Saab is a leading defence and security company with major operations all over the world and some 25,000 employees. It designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Indeed, Saab recently acquired Swedish company Deform, which is a supplier of speciality parts for Saab’s submarine production and is an important part of the company’s supply chain.